Reflections in a Critical Eye

Essays on Carson McCullers

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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Beskrivning

Reflections in a Critical Eye is intended to appeal both to scholars of Carson McCullers and to those unaffiliated with colleges and universities who read and celebrate her life and work.Following an introduction for newcomers to Southern literature and culture and to McCullers' life and work, the collection presents essays about diverse topics:·McCullers in the tradition of Southern women's nonfiction prose·daughters as outlaw figures in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter and The Member of the Wedding·gender and the interplay among the roles characters assume in The Ballad of the Sad Café·analysis of The Ballad of the Sad Café to explore alcohol as an important signifier in McCullers' life and work·the political backdrop of McCullers' most well-known works·same-sex relationships in McCullers' novels and short stories·and the phenomenon of masquerade in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter and The Ballad of the Sad Café.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-10-16
Mått:153 x 230 x 17 mm
Vikt:299 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:196
Förlag:University Press of America
ISBN:9780761838944
Utmärkelser:2008 Eric Hoffer Book Award (first place, culture category); 2007 ForeWord Magazine Book Award (second place, women's issues category); 2008 Colorado Book Award (finalist, anthology/collections catego

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Mer om författaren

Jan Whitt is associate professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is the author of other books, including Settling the Borderland: Other Voices in Literary Journalism (2008) and Allegory and the Modern Southern Novel (1994).

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The academic authors explore a variety of approaches to McCullers' writings....This is a useful survey.

Innehållsförteckning

Part 1 PrefaceChapter 2 The Exiled Heir: An Introduction to Carson McCullers and Her WorkChapter 3 Carson McCullers and the Tradition of Southern Women's Nonfiction ProseChapter 4 The Daughters as Outlaw in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter and The Member of the WeddingChapter 5 You Might as Well Listen to the Chain Gang: The Ballad of the Sad CaféChapter 6 A "Calculable Woman" and a "Jittery Ninny": Performing Femininity in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and The Ballad of the Sad CaféChapter 7 Miss Amelia's Pharmacy: Carson McCullers and the Influence of AlcoholChapter 8 "Copying the Wrong Pieces": Replication and the Mathematics of Togetherness in The Member of the WeddingChapter 9 Living and Writing in the Margins: Lesbian Desire and the Novels of Carson McCullersChapter 10 Politics in the Kitchen: Carson McCullers, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Surrealist HistoryChapter 11 "Simple Stories and the Inward Mind": Conclusions and New BeginningsPart 12 IndexPart 13 About the Contributors